Association Cooperative d'Economie Familiale de Acef Estrie
Publicly funded institution · Sherbrooke, Quebec · BN 131498719RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($426,003) as filed with the CRA.
Association Cooperative d'Economie Familiale de Acef Estrie is a charitable organization based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $432K in revenue and $426K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $150.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Service d'aide aux consommateurs principalement des ménages à faible revenu et/ou vulnérables (info références accompagnement dans leurs démarches). -session d'info et de formation auprès des pers. Immigrantes jeunes aînées et organismes:conseils pratiques et préventifs sur plusieurs thèmes. -chroniques mensuelles d'info à radio-canada et bimensuelles à la radio communautaire. -programme éconologis du ministère de l'énergie et des ressources naturelles du québec (visites en efficacité énergétique pour ménage à faible revenu). -réseau de vigilance concernant la vente itinérante: lien avec…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $432K | $426K | $358K | $4,260 | — | $101K |
| 2023 | $416K | $411K | $346K | $4,113 | — | $135K |
| 2022 | $305K | $322K | $270K | $3,219 | — | $129K |
| 2021 | $266K | $260K | $219K | $2,602 | — | $145K |
| 2020 | $356K | $343K | $288K | $3,427 | — | $101K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $150 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$306K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yves Leclairc (président); Steve Côté (vice-président); Noémi Bélanger-Roberge (térsorière); Marie-Claire Akamendo Bita (secrétaire); Denise Turcotte (administratrice); Marylise Caron (administratrice); Yves Couturier (administrateur); Marie-Claude Desjardins (administratrice); Samuelle Dufour (administratrice).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association Cooperative d'Economie Familiale de Acef Estrie’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131498719RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.